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The independent Ethics Group said plans to conduct familial searches of the national DNA database (NDNAD) could lead to family members of those whose samples are stored being linked to unsolved crimes.

A spokeswoman for the National Police Improvement Agency said: "As of December 31 2007, there were 306,200 under 18s whose DNA had been taken by police forces in England and Wales and placed on the national DNA database.